Asus WS C246 PRO Users Manual English - Page 65
PCH Storage Configuration, SATA Controllers, SATA Mode Selection, SMART Self Test
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3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port. SATA Controller(s) This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] The following items appear only when SATA Controller(s) is set to [Enabled]. SATA Mode Selection This item allows you to set the SATA configuration. [AHCI] [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration (RAID)] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. Set to [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration (RAID)] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. SMART Self Test SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in the hard disks. Configuration options: [On] [Off] SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_8(Gray) SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8 This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hot Plug These items appears only when the SATA Mode is set to [AHCI] and allows you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] • SATA6G_5 and SATA6G_6 is only available when PCIEX16_4 & SATA5/6/7/8 Configuration is set to [PCIEX16_4 x2 mode & SATA5/6]. • SATA6G_5 to SATA6G_8 is only available when PCIEX16_4 & SATA5/6/7/8 Configuration is set to [SATA5/6/7/8 mode]. Chapter 3 ASUS WS C246 PRO 3-15